Producer System: My Girlfriend is a Cellist

This is the feeling.

"Arranging it like this does indeed incur high costs, but after my calculations... Mr. Lin Tian, I believe with your abilities... you can handle it!"

"Isn't this more a question of whether we should?"

Lin Tian is very aware, no matter how many topics he and Gan Yanyu have created online.

He must objectively recognize that classical music is ultimately just a niche circle.

Absolutely, completely, not on the same level as pop music singers in terms of popularity and money-making ability from fan bases.

It's a very simple truth.

Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu can still walk on the street like ordinary people, without being recognized as "Moonlight and Cat" and asked for autographs and photos by passersby.

In this situation.

Starting with Qingjiang International Cultural Center.

Isn't that a bit too much?

Can the audience fill all the seats?!

If the attendance isn't high enough, embarrassment is a minor issue, losing money is the big problem.

"Right now it might seem a bit lacking, but with the official release of our new album, along with the buzz from the Pude milk advertisement, I think it's totally not a problem."

He Zhichen said seriously.

So, He Zhichen was giving his answer based on these assumed numbers.

The fact is, the official release of the new album is next week, and there's no way of knowing how it'll sell yet.

The Pude milk advertisement is even more absurd; it hasn't even started filming, yet it's assumed they'll ride the wave of this ad's popularity and explode.

Lin Tian understood.

This is "borrowed popularity," using borrowed popularity to choose a venue without any skill.

You can't call He Zhichen the "God of Data" anymore.

This is the God of Gambling.

"If we manage to pull off this concert, Mr. Lin Tian, you will be the first classical musicians to perform at Qingjiang International."

He Zhichen's voice was somewhat excited.

"..."

But Lin Tian calmly fell into thought.

Precisely because of this, he had to consider.

In the end, concerts are just tools to shear fans' wool, a means to make money.

But... is it worth putting forth a "gambling" belief for this?

Is there really a need to go to such lengths?

How much money is earned is actually not the primary goal for Lin Tian right now.

What he really wants now is to simply make music with Gan Yanyu and perform it to the world. This chapter first appeared on M|V|L^EMPYR.

Just for the money, to gamble.

There's really no big need.

Lin Tian spoke:

"I think..."

"Mr. Lin Tian, actually, there's one more thing I haven't mentioned because at this stage, it seemed a bit premature to bring it up....."

"What?"

"If you and Gan Yanyu manage to hold a beautiful concert at Qingjiang International Cultural Center this time, inevitably, you'll draw discussions from countless people both inside and outside the circle."

He Zhichen said seriously,

"By then, as classical musicians, you will be compared with pop singers....think about it, Mr. Lin Tian."

"Wouldn't this be a big help in breaking the barriers of classical music, creating sales not inferior to pop music!"

..... A word woke him from a dream.

Right!

Lin Tian realized.

The reasoning is simple.

Look — they, two classical musicians, actually held a concert on that pop music hallmark stage.

Doesn't this show that their music is unique, not inferior to pop music?

Isn't it true that people have too deep stereotypes about "classical music"?

Their music... surely has its reasons for success!

Perhaps, we should more readily accept and embrace classical music, try listening more.....

This is the significance of Moonlight and Cat's performance in Qingzhou International!

That is, to let classical music stand on stage and compete with pop music on equal footing.

To be truly scrutinized and compared by all!

Although this is just a small matter.

But, it reflects the ultimate dream of Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu:

To let classical music be liked by everyone again...

—— To be great again!

Leading the aesthetic of an era... such a dream is too unrealistic, so much so that they usually wouldn't even mention it.

However,

Lin Tian thought for a moment.

To achieve it together with Gan Yanyu.

Such a future... seems particularly wonderful!

With our brother in arms, and the world's greatest performers.

Why not give it a try?

"Then let's go with your plan." Lin Tian said.

"Alright!"

He Zhichen smiled and said,

"Mr. Lin Tian, I knew with your ambition, you'd definitely agree!"

He Zhichen had also given it a lot of thought before making such a proposal.

As an agent who values every bit of data immensely, he does everything with extreme caution, never taking risks without fool-proof preparation!

But this time, he still chose to gamble!

No other reason than the stakes being enticing enough...

To use this concert to declare war on the world's Pop Music,

Declare war!

...

...

The 29th of the lunar month.

Every household was shopping for the New Year's goods.

The streets were bustling with a lively festive atmosphere.

Lin Tian, holding a cup of milk tea, stood in the hallway of the building corridor, gazing outward.

Even his old and somewhat aged community, where old man gather, had started becoming lively.

At the entrance, there were cars he had never seen before; perhaps folks from outside were returning for the New Year.

To say he felt nothing... that would be impossible.

After all, seeing scenes like these household gatherings did stir something in Lin Tian.

Especially after Sir Gan fell ill, this year there would be no one to invite him to the café for a chat, have tea, and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

He did feel a bit nostalgic...

A few days after returning from Japan, Lin Tian went to the hospital with Gan Yanyu to visit Sir Gan right away.

He was the same as before, lying in bed, motionless.

Like he was dead.

Lin Tian wasn't sure if he would ever wake up again.

In the visiting records provided by the nurse, Lin Tian saw an interesting name—

Tuoba Jianhui.

It seemed he came to visit alone during the Yingqin Cup period.

Checking the date,

it seemed to be on the day of the semi-finals.

The day when Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu used "Canon in D Major" to humiliate him, and Lin Tian had even cursed him backstage.

I just don't know what kind of mood old Tuoba was in when he came here.

Surely, it wasn't because he was infuriated by his granddaughter and wanted to pull the oxygen mask off grandpa, right?

But seeing that Sir Gan was still lying there, it at least proved that old Tuoba held back.

"..."

Actually, don't be fooled by Lin Tian who always looks so goal-oriented, driven, and indifferent.

Deep down inside, he always had a regret.

—having a family.

Can you understand?

His childhood experience, relatives leaving one after another, even when living with his father, he was almost left to fend for himself.

Ever since he could remember, not a day did Lin Tian feel the presence of "family."

This is also why Lin Tian likes the ritualistic feel of festivals.

This sense of ritual inside the house makes Lin Tian feel as if he's living a proper life at home.

This is also why Lin Tian respects and likes Sir Gan so much.

Sir Gan indeed gave the solitary Lin Tian a sense of "family."

Even if thinking about it now, it's probably the story of a lonely old man and a child abandoned to live alone.

.....

Today, Gan Yanyu should be with her family shopping for the New Year's goods, right?

Lin Tian sighed.

It should be, such things are indeed part of the New Year atmosphere.

Lin Tian finished his milk tea and was about to turn back,

suddenly, a voice came from the stairway:

"Lin Tian!"

Lin Tian turned around, seeing Gan Yanyu wearing a very festive "Tian Chao red" qipao, with her hair styled into two small buns, decorated with two red ribbons.

Lin Tian's eyes widened as Gan Yanyu ran up to him.

The girl, with her hands behind her back, swayed her body side to side, showing off her outfit to Lin Tian, a small dimple forming on her smiling face,

"Does it look good?"

"...."

Lin Tian didn't answer Gan Yanyu's question but pointed to the red sack behind her,

"What's in there?"

"Oh."

Gan Yanyu dragged the sack in front of Lin Tian and took out various things from it, snacks, rice, peanut oil...

"Are you trying to scam old people into buying health products?" Lin Tian was alarmed.

"Of course not!"

Gan Yanyu said seriously,

"Remember when we used to practice piano at home, we must have disturbed many neighbors....."

"I thought, with the New Year approaching, I'd buy some stuff and with you, Lin Tian, deliver them door to door."